Operating Room Registered Nurse
Chicago, IL
American Traveler
4x10 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x10hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Mar 31, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced OR RN for a Level 1 Trauma Center position requiring strong scrub and circulate skills, with a mandatory float policy and every-other-weekend requirement.

Details

• Operating Room (OR) unit within a Level 1 Trauma Center hospital setting
• Day shift schedule: 5x8s, 10:00 AM–8:30 PM
• Every other weekend required (2 weekends per month)
• On-call requirement: one 10-hour shift per month on a Saturday or Sunday (7 AM–7 PM or 7 PM–7 AM); no weekday call
• Patient population includes Ortho, Ortho Trauma, Vascular, Urology, and General Surgery cases
• Preferred case experience includes Neurosurgery (craniotomy and spine), Open Heart/Thoracic, Ophthalmology, ENT, Bariatric, and Gynecology
• Charting performed in Cerner
• This is a mandatory float facility — all clinicians are required to float at the facility's discretion, including potentially to units outside their primary area of competency

Requirements

• Active IL RN license required; no pending licensure accepted
• Current BLS certification required
• Minimum 2 years of recent acute care OR experience required
• Level 1 Trauma Center experience required
• Strong scrub and circulate skills required
• Experience in Ortho, Ortho Trauma, Vascular, Urology, and General Surgery required
• Candidates must reside within 75 miles of the facility
• Proof of COVID vaccination required; no exceptions

Additional Information

• Scrubs are provided in Navy Blue
• RTO is capped at 5 days for the contract, with no more than 2 consecutive days off at a time
• No RTO approved on weekends, on holidays, or the day before or after a holiday
• No block scheduling or special scheduling requests will be approved
• Floating may occur to any Cook County facility within a 50-mile radius, with as little as 2 hours' notice before a shift; refusal to float may result in contract cancellation
• When floated outside of primary competency, a team-based care model is utilized
• Local candidates are accepted and preferred